East China
Shanghai
Shanghai Municipality

Oriental Pearl Tower

The Oriental Pearl Tower is a futurist TV tower in Lujiazui, . Built from 1991 to 1994, the tower was the tallest structure in China until the completion of nearby in 2007.
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  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—9:30 PM
  • Type: Building
  • Description: TV tower in Shanghai, China
  • Also known as: “Dōngfāng Míngzhūtǎ”
  • Address: 世纪大道 1, 上海市, 浦东新区
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shanghai World Financial Center and Shanghai Tower.

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The is a supertall skyscraper located in the district of . It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Mori Building Company, with Leslie E. is situated 1 km southeast of Oriental Pearl Tower.

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The is a 128-story, 632-meter-tall megatall skyscraper located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. It is currently the tallest building in China and the world's third-tallest building by height to architectural top. is situated 1 km southeast of Oriental Pearl Tower.

Public aquarium
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The is a public aquarium located in , . Designed by Advanced Aquarium Technologies, the aquarium includes a 168-meter tunnel that takes visitors through a coastal reef, open ocean, a kelp cave, shark cove, and a coral reef, and is one of the longest such tunnels in the world. is situated 220 metres east of Oriental Pearl Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old City and Huangpu.

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The is the area inside the ancient walled city of ; it is one of the most picturesque areas of the city, with many buildings in traditional Chinese style.

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is an administrative district of , the traditional center of the city, with People's Square, the Bund, the East Nanjing Road pedestrian mall and many other attractions.

Oriental Pearl Tower

Latitude
31.24194° or 31° 14′ 31″ north
Longitude
121.49517° or 121° 29′ 43″ east
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Inception
1994
Levels
14
Height
468 metres (1,535 feet)
Open location code
8Q336FRW+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 40778038
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­communications_tower
Geo­Names ID
6325499
Wiki­data ID
Q223207
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Oriental Pearl Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج لؤلؤة الشرق”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան մարգարիտ”
  • Asturian: “Torre Perlla Oriental”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərq mirvarisi”
  • Basque: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Basque: “Sortaldeko Perla dorrea”
  • Belarusian: “Усходняя жамчужына”
  • Bengali: “ওরিয়েন্টাল পার্ল টাওয়ার”
  • Bulgarian: “Перлата на изтока”
  • Catalan: “Torre Perla Oriental”
  • Chinese: “Dōngfāngmíngzhū Diànshìtǎ”
  • Chinese: “Tong-hong Bêng-chu Kóng-pò͘ Tiān-sī-thah”
  • Chinese: “上海广播电视塔”
  • Chinese: “上海廣播電視塔”
  • Chinese: “东方明珠”
  • Chinese: “东方明珠塔”
  • Chinese: “东方明珠广播电视塔”
  • Chinese: “东方明珠电视塔”
  • Chinese: “東方明珠”
  • Chinese: “東方明珠塔”
  • Chinese: “東方明珠廣播電視塔”
  • Chinese: “東方明珠電視塔”
  • Czech: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Danish: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Danish: “Pearl Tower”
  • Dutch: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج لؤلؤة الشرق”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Perla Turo”
  • Estonian: “Ida Pärli teletorn”
  • Estonian: “Idamaine Pärlitorn”
  • Finnish: “Idän helmi-torni”
  • Finnish: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • French: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • French: “Perle de l’Orient”
  • German: “Fernsehturm Shanghai”
  • German: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • German: “Perle des Ostens”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל פנינת המזרח”
  • Hindi: “ओरियंटल पेर्ल टवर”
  • Hungarian: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Oriental Pearl”
  • Indonesian: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Italian: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Italian: “Oriental Pearl TV Tower”
  • Italian: “Perla d’oriente”
  • Japanese: “オリエンタルパールタワー”
  • Japanese: “とうほうめいしゅでんしとう”
  • Japanese: “上海タワー”
  • Japanese: “上海テレビ塔”
  • Japanese: “東方明珠テレビ塔”
  • Japanese: “東方明珠塔”
  • Japanese: “東方明珠広播電視塔”
  • Japanese: “東方明珠電視塔”
  • Javanese: “Menara Oriental Pearl”
  • Korean: “동방명주”
  • Korean: “동방명주탑”
  • Korean: “둥팡밍주타”
  • Korean: “오리엔탈 펄 타워”
  • Lithuanian: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Lithuanian: “Oriental Perl Tower”
  • Macedonian: “Бисер на Истокот”
  • Malay: “Menara Oriental Pearl”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tong-hong Bêng-chu Kóng-pò͘ Tiān-sī-thah”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fjernsynstårnet Østens Perle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Østens Perles tårn”
  • Norwegian: “Fjernsynstårnet Østens Perle”
  • Persian: “برج ارینتال پیرل”
  • Persian: “برج مروارید خاور”
  • Polish: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Pearl Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Pérola do Oriente”
  • Portuguese: “Torre Pérola Oriental”
  • Romanian: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Russian: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Russian: “Восточная жемчужина”
  • Russian: “Жемчужина Востока”
  • Russian: “Телебашня «Восточная жемчужина»”
  • Russian: “Телебашня «Жемчужина Востока»”
  • Slovak: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Slovak: “Tung-fang ming-ču-tcha”
  • Slovenian: “Stolp Oriental Pearl”
  • Spanish: “Oriental Pearl Tower”
  • Spanish: “torre Perla Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Torre Perla Oriental”
  • Swedish: “Pearl Tower”
  • Thai: “หอไข่มุก”
  • Thai: “หอไข่มุกตะวันออก”
  • Turkish: “Doğu’nun İncisi Kulesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Східна перлина”
  • Urdu: “اورینٹل پرل ٹاور”
  • Vietnamese: “Minh Châu Đông Phương”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Đông Phương Minh Châu”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Minh Châu Phương Đông”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp truyền hình Đông Phương Minh Châu”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp truyền hình Minh Châu Phương Đông”
  • Wu Chinese: “东方明珠”
  • Wu Chinese: “东方明珠广播电视塔”
  • Yue Chinese: “東方明珠廣播電視塔”

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